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Non-Sport Periodicals
8 Lots
 Lot 765. 84 Playboy Magazines: 1968-1997. If you do read these for the interviews, articles and fiction, then personalities and writers in this collection include: Bill Cosby, William F. Buckley Jr., Ray Bradbury, Smothers Brothers, John Updike, Andy Warhol, Jesse Jackson (1969), Mick Jagger, Joseph Heller, Eldridge Cleaver, Joe Namath, Sugar Ray Robinson on Cassius Clay, Joan Baez, Elliot Gould, Kurt Vonnegut, Mario Puzo, Shel Silverstein, Carl Stokes, George McGovern, Allan Sherman, Freddie Prinze, Mel Brooks, Fellini, George Burns, Farah Fawcett, Jerry Garcia, Marilyn Monroe, Steve Martin, Norman Mailer, Bo Derek, Terry Bradshaw, Jack Lemmon, Steve Garvey, George Carlin, George Plimpton, Steven King, Christie Brinkley, Howard Hughes, Goldie Hawn, Elmore Leonard, Michael Jordan, Spalding Gray, Leslie Neilsen, Anthony Hopkins, Bruce Willis, Salman Rushdie, Mel Gibson, Dave Barry, James Carville and Harvey Keitel. 1968: 1 issue. 1969: 6 issues. 1970: 4. 1971: 5. 1976: 1. 1977: 1. 1978: 3 including Farrah cover. 1979: 5. 1980: 2 including Bo Derek cover. 1981: 1. 1982: 2. 1984: 2 including Christie Brinkley cover. 1985: 1, Goldie Hawn cover. 1986: 1. 1987: 1. 1988: 1. 1989: 1. 1990: 2. 1991: 7. 1992: 2. 1993: 4, including Anna Nicole Smith “Playmate of the Year” issue. 1994: 10. 1995: 11, including Nancy Sinatra cover. 1996: 9, including Pam Anderson cover. 1997: 1. More than 80 issues. Earlier issues in ex condition or better; 1980s and later issues almost exclusively ex-m or better. Centerfolds are present.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 766. 20 Bound Volumes of Harper’s Monthly Magazine, Harpers Round Table, 1867-1921. Quarter bound leather volumes: 1. June to Nov. 1863, leather is missing from spine, vg. 2. Dec. 1866 to May 1867, vg-ex. 3. June to Nov. 1873, vg+. 4. June to Nov. 1876, ex. 5. Dec. 1875 to May 1876, ex. 6. Jan. to June, 1901, ex. 7. July to Nov. 1901, ex+. 8. Dec. 1901 to May 1902, ex. 9. June 1902 to Nov. 1902, vg-ex. 10. Dec. 1903 to May 1904, ex to ex+. 11. July to Dec. 1913, ex+. Rebound in green oxford cloth: 12. Dec.1890 to May 1891, ex+. 13. Aug. to Nov. 1902, ex+. 14. Nov. 1901 to Mar. 1902, ex+. 15. April to July 1902, ex+. 16. Dec 1902 to Dec. 1903, ex+. 17. Aug. 1904, Aug. 1905, Dec. 1905, ex-m. 18. July to Dec. 1919, ex+ to ex-m. 19. June-Nov. 1921, ex+. Subjects of interest include: The Battle of Antietam (1863), Indian Massacres of 1862, Coal, Iron, California Expansion, Yachting, Gold Mining, Wellesley College, Quakers, Windsor Castle and John Brown’s Raid with stories by Edith Wharton, Jack London, Howard Pyle, Benson J. Lossing, Edward Everett Hale, biographies of Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, and illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy, J.M. Flagg, Edwin A. Abbey and many others. 20. 1899 Harper’s Round Table, including an article by George W. Orton on Interscholastic Athletics, ex to ex+. Ex-libris copies with usual markings. Some wonderful subjects here, not to mention the very famous steel engravings that Harper’s publications are known for!
Winning Bid $55.
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 Lot 767. 40 Scribner’s, Century Illustrated Bound Volumes, Mostly from the 19th Century. Spanning 1870-1928, this collection includes Volume 1, No. 1 of Scribner’s Monthly. Here is the breakdown. 12 Scribner’s Monthly Bound Volumes: Nov. 1870 (Volume 1, No. 1) to April 1871, vg with spine unattached but present. May to Oct. 1872, ex-m, rebound. Nov. 1873 to April 1874, vg-ex. May to Oct. 1874, ex+. Nov. 1874 to April 1875, ex. May to Oct. 1875, vg-ex. May to Oct. 1876, vg with slight water damage. May to Oct. 1879, g-vg. Nov. 1879 to April 1880, 2 copies, one vg-ex, one ex to ex+. May to Oct. 1880, 2 copies, one vg, one g-vg. Nov. 1880 to April 1881, ex-m, rebound. 4 Scribner’s Magazine Bound Volumes: Jan. to June, 1892, ex. July to Dec. 1897, ex+. Jan. to June 1899, vg+. July to Dec. 1899, vg-ex. Subjects in these issues include: Coney Island, Jean Millet, Book of Mormon, Opium, the South, Kentucky, Atheism, Louisiana, San Antonio, Harvard, William Penn, Insanity, Audubon, Darwinism, Cannibals, Gypsies, Bicycling, Rudyard Kipling, Manila, Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, Johns Hopkins University, Jules Verne, Antarctica, Dewey and Robert Louis Stevenson. All copies are ex-libris and contain usual markings. 24 Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine Bound Volumes: Nov. 1882 to April 1883, vg. Nov. 1884 to April 1885, g, water damage. May to Oct. 1885, 2 copies, both ex-m, one rebound. Nov. 1885 to April 1886, 3 copies, one ex with paint on front cover, one vg one rebound ex-m. May to Oct. 1886, ex+ to ex-m. Nov. 1887 to April 1888, vg+ to ex. May to Oct. 1888, vg-ex. Nov. 1888 to April 1889, 2 copies, one g-vg, one vg. Nov. 1891 to April 1892, vg-ex. May to Oct. 1892, vg. May to Oct. 1893, 2 copies, one vg-ex, one g-vg. Nov. 1893 to April 1894, vg-ex. May to Oct. 1894, ex to ex+. Nov. 1894 to April 1895, vg-ex. Nov. 1908 to April 1909, vg-ex. Nov. 1925 to April 1926, ex. May to Oct. 1927, ex. Nov. 1927 to April 1928, ex. Nov. 1928 to April 1929, ex. Topics include: Poe, William Lloyd Garrison, Civil War Leaders, Creole Slave Songs, Early Battlefield Preservation, Edwin Booth, Columbian Exposition, Hypnotism, Yosemite, Pearls, Alaska, Finance, Mt. Fuji, Gettysburg, Mexican Campaign, Siberia, Walt Whitman, Congo, Jefferson Davis, Prohibition, Sioux, Tennyson, Whitman, Buffalo Soldiers, VMI, Napoleon, Lincoln, Lynching, Henry James, Victor Hugo the design of Edison’s Light Bulb and Andrew Carnegie. Most copies are ex-libris and exhibit the usual markings. These volumes contain great reading and research material, as well as exceptional engravings.
Winning Bid $75.
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 Lot 768. 31 Assorted Magazine Bound Volumes, Largely 19th Century, Plus Monthly Issues. The earliest of these volumes is from 1836. American Child, May 1919- Feb. 1920, vg+ to ex. Atlantic Monthly, July-Dec. 1899, vg+. Book of Knowledge: Children’s Encyclopedia, 1950, Vol. 3-5, ex+ to ex-m. Bookman, Sept. 1927-Aug. 1928, ex-m. Cosmopolitan, Nov. 1891-April 1892, g-vg. Elementary Magazine, 1929 complete, vg-ex contents, p-f binding. Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1836-Jan. 1837, vg-ex. Golden Book Magazine, July-Dec. 1927, ex-m. Includes chapters from Owen Wister’s The Virginian. Good Housekeeping, Jan.-June 1912, g-vg. Good Words: Issues for 1864, 1865, 1867 and 1868, average vg+. International Monthly, April-July 1851, cover detached, g. International Review, 1874 and 1876 complete, vg+, both rebound. Lippincott’s Magazine: 1872 f, 1876 f. The Mentor, Feb. 1913-Feb. 1914, g. The Review of Reviews: Jan.-June, 1894; July-Dec. 1894; Jan.-June, 1895; July-Dec. 1895; Jan.-June, 1896; July-Dec. 1898. Average ex. Self Culture, Oct. 1897-March 1898, g-vg. Theatre Arts Monthly, Jan,-June 1939, ex-m. Nicely illustrated with photos of Jimmy Durante, Bill (Bojangles) Robinson and others. World’s Work: Nov. 1903-April 1904, vg. Nov. 1906-April 1907, vg-ex. Includes 16 pages of Eastman Johnson portraits. Unbound Individual Issues: Atlantic Monthly – July 1923 g, July 1938 p-f. Harper’s – Jan. 1928 with an article on Al Smith by Walter Lippmann, f-g, and March 1942, ex. McClure’s – Feb. 1895, Robert Louis Stevenson memorial issue, vg-ex. Topics of interest include Hawthorne, Tennyson, Booker T. Washington, Panama Canal, Railroads, Airships, Columbian World’s Fair, Fencing, Petroleum, Tolstoy, Iron, Race Relations, Peary, Ruskin, Mexico, Steam Navigation, Teaching Methods, Czar Nicholas II, Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt, Alaska, Bees, California, Paris Exhibition, Chicago Strike of 1894, Suffrage, Olympic Games, Nikola Tesla, Coal, McKinley and the London Fire. Most copies are ex-libris with the usual markings.
Winning Bid $20.
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 Lot 769. August 1925 Issue of Radio News, Early Radio Enthusiast Magazine. Wonderful publication with information on radios, components and related topics, such as “Does Your Radio Set Jeopardize Your Insurance?” 125+ pages. Could be a valuable reference for any tube radio enthusiast, as well as a treasure for its period radio ads. Vg and clean with some writing on the back cover.
Winning Bid $5.
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 Lot 770. 3 1930s Detective Weekly Pulp Fiction Magazines. Issues are from June 6, 1931 vg-ex, June 17, 1933, f-g cover with ex contents, and July 20, 1935 ex with minor writing on the front cover. Each issue features more than 130 pages of stories by writers such as Earl Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason creator), J. Lane Linklater and Frederic C. Davis.
Winning Bid $15.
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 Lot 771. 3 Issue of Startling Stories Including L. Ron Hubbard or Henry Kuttner Stories. Collaborating with C. L. Moore, his wife, Kuttner was a popular 1940s-50s science fiction writer. He also wrote under the name Lewis Padgett, and one of his short stories is the basis for the 2007 movie The Last Mimzy. Hubbard founded the Church of Scientology. 1. Summer 1946 issue has Kuttner’s “The Dark World” and a brief interview with him. Related cover art by Earle Bergey. Vg. 2. July 1948, contains “When Shadows Fall” by Hubbard and “When the Earth Lived” by Kuttner. Vg-ex. 3. May 1951, vg+, “A” in pencil on cover. All three issues have cover art by Bergey, one of the great pin-up artists.
Winning Bid $15.
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